February 2012
“I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the...”
– John Cage (via funeral)
“Why do you want to die? Why don’t you want to exist? If you don’t want to...”
– Jhang Moon-Jin (via funeral)
11. Stop being idle.
– Don’t think too much or you’ll create a problem that wasn’t even there in the first place. Evaluate situations and take decisive action. You cannot change what you refuse to confront. Making progress involves risk. Period! You can’t make it to second base with your foot on first.
13. Stop getting involved in relationships for the wrong reasons.
– Relationships must be chosen wisely. It’s better to be alone than to be in bad company. There’s no need to rush. If something is meant to be, it will happen – in the right time, with the right person, and for the best reason. Fall in love when you’re ready, not when you’re lonely.
15. Stop trying to compete against everyone else.
– Don’t worry about what others are doing better than you. Concentrate on beating your own records every day. Success is a battle between YOU and YOURSELF only.
14. Stop rejecting new relationships just because old ones didn’t work.
– In life you’ll realize that there is a purpose for everyone you meet. Some will test you, some will use you and some will teach you. But most importantly, some will bring out the best in you.
“My past is everything I failed to be.”
– Fernando Pessoa (via misswallflower)
16. Stop being jealous of others.
– Jealousy is the art of counting someone else’s blessings instead of your own. Ask yourself this: “What’s something I have that everyone wants?”
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17. Stop complaining and feeling sorry for yourself.
– Life’s curveballs are thrown for a reason – to shift your path in a direction that is meant for you. You may not see or understand everything the moment it happens, and it may be tough. But reflect back on those negative curveballs thrown…
19. Stop letting others bring you down to their level.
– Refuse to lower your standards to accommodate those who refuse to raise theirs.
“I have lost friends, some by death…others by sheer inability to cross the...”
– Virginia Woolf (via misswallflower)
“I prefer by far the warmth and softness to mere brilliancy and coldness. Some...”
– Anaïs Nin (via misswallflower)
20. Stop wasting time explaining yourself to others.
– Your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe it anyway. Just do what you know in your heart is right.
“I refuse to become what you call normal.”
– Alphaville (1965)
“I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one… . Humans are...”
– John Steinbeck (via misswallflower)
